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Thursday, February 4, 2016

Scratch as a Learning Tool For Coding

Original post written by Emma R

Scratch - it can be used for so many things but what is the purpose of Scratch for our learning hub?

Scratch... I love it. It can teach you the small basics of coding yet it seems so big - especially if you have big projects in mind like an animated series. It can teach you things outside and inside the Scratch world. You can use it to animate and design even the smallest things. Some examples:

All credit goes to their rightful owners - owners are music makers in projects and creators of projects. Sorry if all those crashed your computer or something :P Anyway...

Kids of all ages use Scratch. Teachers set up challenges and get their kids to complete them.

In our learning hub, we're going to use Scratch to learn to code, find new purposes of art, etc.

Scratch is SUCH an amazing community! The community, it has supporters, learners, all sorts but all use Scratch. I wouldn't want it to be anything different.

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I am a teacher and learner who is passionate about helping students take control of their learning become excited about the possibilities that exist.

I have completed my MTchg and in 2016 completed a PostGrad qualification through The MindLab by Unitec which I loved. I am now working on my Doctor of Education through the University of Otago while relieving at various schools.

I have also been involved in software development and helped develop a learning and teaching tool which is designed to foster school and home collaboration, share learning locally and globally through video and text and build student confidence by providing an autocue as part of the recording process.

I'm passionate about the possibilities that learning in the 21st century has for all learners. I think the future of education lies in Global Education and connecting our classrooms - flattening the classroom! eLearning is one of the key factors in motivation and engagement for all of us involved in education if we want to meet the needs of our learners and of ourselves.

I have a motto - "We're all teachers and we're all learners in our room". Some very wise Year 5/6 students of mine came up with this a few years ago and I've hung onto it ever since. It's a powerful statement.